Exabyte and the IBM-6000/530
Ronald S. Woan
woan at peyote.cactus.org
Sat Sep 29 08:21:41 AEST 1990
In article <8642 at ncar.ucar.edu>, fredrick at acd.ucar.edu (Tim Fredrick) writes:
> We are getting an Exabyte 8mm 2.5Gig tape system directly from the
> manufacturer and may be purchasing an IBM 6000/530 soon. Is it reasonable
> to expect this drive to run on the 6000/530 given that we acquire the
> correct cables from IBM? In other words, do IBM's drivers support an
> Exabyte drive in the same way they support their own internal 8mm tape
> system? If not, what steps do I need to go through to attach an
> Exabyte? Thanks in advance. --Tim
Well, the basic answer is no they won't. The Exabytes that IBM ships
contain a special PROM. Someone else may have written a generic
driver, but I haven't heard about it.
Ron
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